Lise Johansson (Denmark 1985 -)
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About
Lise Johansson is a Danish visual artist and photographer currently based in Copenhagen. The starting point for Johansson’s artistic practice
is to create a sense of a distorted reality, where the inspiration comes from the borderland that exists between the conscious and the
unconscious.There is a strong personal character to her works: a sense of abandonment and the curiosity towards the unknown.
In her work, she aims to leave the spectator in the space between familiarity and strangeness and question the relationship between the
human being and the world we perceive as real.
About ”Absence” series from 2019
In this work, Lise investigates what it means to feel at home. While our idea of home is often connected to a physical place, the sense of
home appears to be rooted in the relationship between person and place, and as such it does not lend itself easily to visual representation.
For Absence, Lise built a scale model of a room from scratch,, it was created while she was between homes and is a reflection on the
situation she was in when the photo was taken. Instead of evoking a sense of home in its instances, arbitrary examples of infinite variations,
Absence seek to apprehend the concept of home in its absence.
is to create a sense of a distorted reality, where the inspiration comes from the borderland that exists between the conscious and the
unconscious.There is a strong personal character to her works: a sense of abandonment and the curiosity towards the unknown.
In her work, she aims to leave the spectator in the space between familiarity and strangeness and question the relationship between the
human being and the world we perceive as real.
About ”Absence” series from 2019
In this work, Lise investigates what it means to feel at home. While our idea of home is often connected to a physical place, the sense of
home appears to be rooted in the relationship between person and place, and as such it does not lend itself easily to visual representation.
For Absence, Lise built a scale model of a room from scratch,, it was created while she was between homes and is a reflection on the
situation she was in when the photo was taken. Instead of evoking a sense of home in its instances, arbitrary examples of infinite variations,
Absence seek to apprehend the concept of home in its absence.
Exhibition
2023 ‘Through Her Lens : Lise Johansson, Andrea Torres Balaguer and Camilla Fenster ‘ In The Gallery
2023 Imagine Nation, SOHO Photo Gallery, New York (Group Exhibition)
2023 In The Gallery (Group exhibition)
2022 Image Nation, Paris Photo OFF (Nov 11-12-13)
2022 'Counterparts' Hellerau Photography Awards. Den Technischen
Sammlungen, Dresden
2022 Artsy 'Lise Johansson - I'm not here' (online exhibition)
2022 'Winter Light', In The Gallery, Dronningens Tværgade 19, Copenhagen
2021 ‘6th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography’, FotoNostrum, Barcelona
2021 ‘Winter Light’, In the Gallery, Copenhagen
2021 DER GREIF / Guest-room curated by Anika Meier (online exhibition)
2021 ‘The New Aesthetics - ImageNation’, Luciana Fondazione Matalon, Milan
2021 ‘Art on Paper’ - In The Gallery, Copenhagen
2021 Summer Light - In The Gallery, Copenhagen
2019 ‘Image Nation - Paris Photo Off’, Galerie Joseph Le Marais, Paris
2019 Self-Staged / Selv-Iscenesat, Copenhagen
2019 Home/Away, Gallery Anders Breiner, Copenhagen
2018 ‘Winter Light’, In The Gallery, Copenhagen
2018 ‘Image Nation’, Galerie Joseph Turenne, Paris
2018 ‘Award Winners’, In The Gallery, Copenhagen
2018 ‘Composite Structures’, In The Gallery, Copenhagen
2017 Salon de la Photo, Paris, France
2017 Reggia di Monza, Milan, Italy
2017 Ginza Milan, Italy
2017 Sony Imaging Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Bucharest Photo Fest, Romania.
2017 Galerie GADCOLLECTION, Paris, France
2017 Brussels Expo, Palais 4, Brussels, Belgium
2017 Palazzo Trigon, Enna, Italy
2017 Sony Square NYC, New York, USA
2017 ‘Sony World Photography Awards & Martin Parr’, Somerset House, London
2016 SVEND, UngK, Aarhus, Denmark
2015 Mørke Dage, Lindholm Brygge 9, Aalborg, Denmark
2015 Tomrummet, Aalborg, Denmark
2015 Surreal Art, Byens Rum, Aalborg, Denmark
2015 Mørke Dage Pre-event, Byens Rum, Aalborg, Denmark
2012 Det Personlige Fotografi, Central Station, Aarhus, Denmark
2010 Minimalismo, Centro Fotográfico, Oaxaca, México
2010 Vera, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023 Imagine Nation, SOHO Photo Gallery, New York (Group Exhibition)
2023 In The Gallery (Group exhibition)
2022 Image Nation, Paris Photo OFF (Nov 11-12-13)
2022 'Counterparts' Hellerau Photography Awards. Den Technischen
Sammlungen, Dresden
2022 Artsy 'Lise Johansson - I'm not here' (online exhibition)
2022 'Winter Light', In The Gallery, Dronningens Tværgade 19, Copenhagen
2021 ‘6th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography’, FotoNostrum, Barcelona
2021 ‘Winter Light’, In the Gallery, Copenhagen
2021 DER GREIF / Guest-room curated by Anika Meier (online exhibition)
2021 ‘The New Aesthetics - ImageNation’, Luciana Fondazione Matalon, Milan
2021 ‘Art on Paper’ - In The Gallery, Copenhagen
2021 Summer Light - In The Gallery, Copenhagen
2019 ‘Image Nation - Paris Photo Off’, Galerie Joseph Le Marais, Paris
2019 Self-Staged / Selv-Iscenesat, Copenhagen
2019 Home/Away, Gallery Anders Breiner, Copenhagen
2018 ‘Winter Light’, In The Gallery, Copenhagen
2018 ‘Image Nation’, Galerie Joseph Turenne, Paris
2018 ‘Award Winners’, In The Gallery, Copenhagen
2018 ‘Composite Structures’, In The Gallery, Copenhagen
2017 Salon de la Photo, Paris, France
2017 Reggia di Monza, Milan, Italy
2017 Ginza Milan, Italy
2017 Sony Imaging Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Bucharest Photo Fest, Romania.
2017 Galerie GADCOLLECTION, Paris, France
2017 Brussels Expo, Palais 4, Brussels, Belgium
2017 Palazzo Trigon, Enna, Italy
2017 Sony Square NYC, New York, USA
2017 ‘Sony World Photography Awards & Martin Parr’, Somerset House, London
2016 SVEND, UngK, Aarhus, Denmark
2015 Mørke Dage, Lindholm Brygge 9, Aalborg, Denmark
2015 Tomrummet, Aalborg, Denmark
2015 Surreal Art, Byens Rum, Aalborg, Denmark
2015 Mørke Dage Pre-event, Byens Rum, Aalborg, Denmark
2012 Det Personlige Fotografi, Central Station, Aarhus, Denmark
2010 Minimalismo, Centro Fotográfico, Oaxaca, México
2010 Vera, Copenhagen, Denmark